Former F1 World Champion Damon Hill praised Alex Albon’s slyness in Baku, saying he “brought into an old trick” after accusing Alex Albon of intentionally leaving the track during qualifying. did.
With a 2 minute 30 second restart after the red flag in qualifying Q1 at the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso ran at low speed in front of the driver on the cutout line, off course on turn 5 and put out the yellow flag.
As a result, Alex Albon, who lost the opportunity to update the time and was eliminated in Q1, was furious on the radio and appealed to Steward to penalize him. Fernando Alonso’s off course was “stupid,” and his intention was “very obvious.”
Fernando Alonso argued that something similar had happened to him in the past, denying it was intentional and proposing a change in qualifying format instead, but the resulting advance into Q2 was profitable. There is no doubt.
Damon Hill suggested that Fernando Alonso left the track knowing exactly what he was doing.
“I like him. He’s very cunning,” Damon Hill said in an F1 Nation podcast.
“Alex Albon called him an incredibly smart guy because he was working on the game in qualifying.”
“He was definitely working on his old tricks, but we can’t sneak a praise for the trickster. Somehow he’s the guy who can play everything for his own benefit and he Do it with a slightly cheeky smile. “
“And he does the performance. He’s not a nuisance and it’s not that he’s not delivering. He’s getting results. He’s getting results for Alpine. I would give him. I want to get on my team and do the same thing rather than leave it outside. “
Fernando Alonso was willing to move to the top team, even if it meant playing someone’s second fiddle like Max Verstappen, but given his age, that could be possible. It is considered to be of low sex.
However, Damon Hill says there are no signs of a slowdown in Fernando Alonson, whose 41st birthday is approaching in July.
“It looks like fatigue hasn’t started, right? Or there’s no lack of enthusiasm. If he now has another chance at the front end, he jumps at it and he’s there and probably wins. “
“So the question is about the top team, how long will he be there? And how much genocide would he have if he started? He tends to do that, but how much does the company run? Will you be involved in that politics? “
“When he was in McLaren at his first age (stint), and again in Ferrari, he was definitely overkill.”
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